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#WhatTheHealth: Rs. 43L charged for "200% safe" surgery, patient dies

Another allegation of medical negligence has been reported, this time from Mumbai. According to Thane resident Mithulal Bafna, they spent Rs. 43L on his 56-year-old wife's heart treatment and a surgery that doctors guaranteed was "200% safe".

Instead, she fell into coma sometime later, spent 60 days at Hinduja Hospital in Mahim, and died minutes after leaving in an ambulance.

Here's what happened.

In context: Allegations of gross overcharging, negligence against Mumbai hospital

Another allegation of medical negligence has been reported, this time from Mumbai. According to Thane resident Mithulal Bafna, they spent Rs. 43L on his 56-year-old wife's heart treatment and a surgery that doctors guaranteed was "200% safe".

Instead, she fell into coma sometime later, spent 60 days at Hinduja Hospital in Mahim, and died minutes after leaving in an ambulance.

Here's what happened.

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CaseManju's issue was diagnosed six years ago

Six years back, when, Manju, the deceased, underwent an open heart surgery, doctors discovered she had an unusually small mitral valve.

The imported valve costs Rs. 1.5L according to sale papers, but they paid Rs. 11L for it.

StatusComplaint filed against Hinduja with the Maharashtra Medical Council

Doctors insist there's been no medical negligence. Rao says he had even waived his charges.

However, Hinduja still refunded Bafna Rs. 12.47L on "humanitarian grounds"; he got another Rs.11L from insurance.

Incidentally, the doctors didn't give details to Bafna about similar procedures conducted before, though they claimed they had been successfully conducted.

A complaint has been lodged with the Maharashtra Medical Council.

Incidents of overcharging, negligence at top hospitals

Recently, Fortis and Medanta in Delhi made headlines with their inflated bills for minor dengue patients; incidentally, both patients involved died. Max's license was cancelled for severe medical negligence: it declared a living newborn dead.